سَنَامٌ
Root: سنم
Full Definition
سَنَامٌ
of the camel, of the he-camel and of the she-camel, [The hump; i. e.] the highest part of the back: [in substance,] it is to the camel like the
أَلْيَة [here meaning the fat of the tail] to the sheep: pl. أَسْنِمَةٌ [and app. أَسْنَامٌ also, as seems to be indicated by an explanation of this latter pl. in what follows]. Hence, in a trad., نِسَآءٌ عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِنَّ
كَأَسْنِمَةِ البُخْتِ [Women upon whose heads are the like of the humps of the Bactrian camels]; meaning such as wind the head-coverings as turbans upon their heads so as to enlarge them [in appearance] thereby. [Hence, also, سَنَامُ
النَّاقَةِ
2 Also The highest, or highest part, of anything: and the best, or choice part, of anything; because the سَنَام is the best, or the choice part, of what is in the camel. [Hence,] أَسْنِمَةُ الرِّمَالِ The protuberant, or elevated, parts of the sands; as being likened to the hump of the she-camel: and أَسْنِمَةُ الرَّمْلِ the backs of the sands, that rise from the main portions thereof. And سَنَامُ الأَرْضِ The بَحْر [q. v.] (S, TA [in some copies of the S نَحْر, perhaps correctly نَجْد, i. e. high, or elevated, part]) of the land: and the middle of the land. And سَنَامُ النَّعْلِ The rising part of the middle of the upper side of the sandal, which is in the place of the hollow of the foot. And أَسْنَامُ نَارٍ The highest parts of a fire: أَسْنَام being pl. of سَنَامٌ, which signifies the highest part of a thing. And سَنَامُ المَجْدِ
2 Also The highest, or highest part, of anything: and the best, or choice part, of anything; because the سَنَام is the best, or the choice part, of what is in the camel. [Hence,] أَسْنِمَةُ الرِّمَالِ The protuberant, or elevated, parts of the sands; as being likened to the hump of the she-camel: and أَسْنِمَةُ الرَّمْلِ the backs of the sands, that rise from the main portions thereof. And سَنَامُ الأَرْضِ The بَحْر [q. v.] (S, TA [in some copies of the S نَحْر, perhaps correctly نَجْد, i. e. high, or elevated, part]) of the land: and the middle of the land. And سَنَامُ النَّعْلِ The rising part of the middle of the upper side of the sandal, which is in the place of the hollow of the foot. And أَسْنَامُ نَارٍ The highest parts of a fire: أَسْنَام being pl. of سَنَامٌ, which signifies the highest part of a thing. And سَنَامُ المَجْدِ
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